Is it possible for a thread to Deadlock itself?

Question

Is it technically possible for a thread in Java to deadlock itself?

I was asked this at an interview a while back and responded that it wasn\'t possible but the inte

Answer 1

When a thread enters the synchronized block, it checks if the current thread is the owner of the lock, and if it is, the the thread just proceeds without waiting.

So I don't think it is possible.